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Tip

Left over rice

The next day, enjoy a Coronation chicken rice salad for lunch. Mix the cold rice with mayonnaise and a squeeze of lemon juice and serve with Baby Gem leaves and sliced cucumber.

Method

Soak the rice in warm water, then wash in
cold until the water runs clear. Heat butter
in a saucepan and cook the onions with the
bay leaf and other whole spices for 10 mins.
Sprinkle in the turmeric, then add chicken
and curry paste and cook until aromatic.

Stir the rice into the pan with the raisins,
then pour over the stock. Place a tight-fitting
lid on the pan and bring to a hard boil, then
lower the heat to a minimum and cook the
rice for another 5 mins. Turn off the heat and
leave for 10 mins. Stir well, mixing through
half the coriander. To serve, scatter over the
rest of the coriander and the almonds.

Really nice dish. Made this at the weekend as I didn't know what to make, so thought I'd give this a try. Very simple to cook using many everyday/store cupboard ingredients. The supermarket didn't have the Patak's Balti paste so I went for their store brand instead (still tasted awesome).

I ended up adding in some roasted butternut squash only because I had this leftover in the fridge and didn't want it going to waste. I can certainly recommend it, however, it's not essential to the recipe and will taste just as great without it!

Plenty of leftover to enjoy through the week and will certainly be making it again another time.

We skipped the raisins, coriander, almonds and chicken stock. We also cooked rice and chicken separately and then served the curry on top of the lovely fluffy mound of rice. The level of spiciness was just right, with my wife who is quite sensitive to spiciness finding it hot but pleasant, and me, as a spice lover, finding it mild but equally pleasant.

Considering how easy it was to prepare this and how yummy it turned out we'll definitely be making it again.

This is a good recipe for a Chicken Biryani but is missing two key ingredients and that is saffron and crispy fried onions. The most authentic indian biryani comes in layers of saffron rice and is fairly moist. If you add the 2 ingredients it makes a big difference to this dish. In London the best biryani is got to be Kadiri's restaurant in Willesden which is truly out of this world!

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